Murray Mansell
Creation Date: 7/1/2020 (10.23am)
Location: Rochalea, Launceston Tasmania
Soldier relation: 3355 Private (Pte) Morgan Mansell, Great Uncle. Pte Mansell died of disease in Abbeville, France, on 1 November 1918.
Murray Mansell aged 71. Uncle Murray has been residing at his unit here in Launceston for the past twenty years. He is making his housing plans to return to the islands, a highly respected Elder of our community and everyone is looking forward to his return this year. He is famous for his early career as a champion athlete and prizewinning boxer who at one stage won an Australian Golden Gloves title. Uncle Murray has a large family of 11 children. His traditional hunting and cultural skills are legendary in the Bass Strait. Uncle Murray continues to return to the Bass Strait Islands each year to maintain the long tradition of our mutton bird harvesting season. A cultural practise he has done since a small child.
Footnote: on the lower right wall a picture of his Great Uncle Morgan.